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dev:howto:panel_plugins [2017/04/18 03:40] – Update some links and add hint to load plugins during development. andreldmdev:howto:panel_plugins [2017/04/18 04:21] – Add detail about X-XFCE-Module andreldm
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   * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libyourplugin-git.so''   * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libyourplugin-git.so''
   * Copy ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin.desktop'' to ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin-git.desktop''   * Copy ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin.desktop'' to ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin-git.desktop''
-  * Edit the latter to point at 'yourplugin-git' instead of 'yourplugin', modify the 'Name' entry to distinguish your instance.+  * Edit the latter to point at 'yourplugin-git' instead of 'yourplugin', modify the ''Name'' entry to distinguish your instance and ''X-XFCE-Module'' to match the symbolic link, i.e. ''libyourplugin-git''.
   * If you're porting a plugin to GTK+ 3, make sure to add ''X-XFCE-API=2.0'' to the desktop-git file.   * If you're porting a plugin to GTK+ 3, make sure to add ''X-XFCE-API=2.0'' to the desktop-git file.